Apparatus for handling coke.



W. FEIGKS.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING COKE.

APPLIOATIQN FILED MAR. s1, 1910.

1,055,456, Patented Mar. 1l, 1913.

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^ APPARATUS FOR HANDLING COKE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

Application led March 31, 1910. Serial No. 552,667.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, INILLI'AM Fnions, a subject of the German Emperor,residing in the city of Bethlehem, in the county of NorthamptonA andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and -usefulImprovements in Apparatus forV Handling Coke, of which the following isa specifica# tion.

Mya invention relates to apparatus employed for quenching, screening andconveying coke from coke ovens or retorts.

It consists principally of a wagon or car, on which is mounted a gratingor screen in such manner, that by means of suitably adapted mechanismitvcan be given a tilting motion in at least two opposite directions.

It further consists of novel features, as will hereinafter be fully setforth.

In tlie drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of an apparatusembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view of same. Fig. 3 is an endview of a modification, and Fig. 4 a vertical section of an apparatusaccording to my invention, but of different construction from that shownin Fig. l. Fig. 5 illustrates a special construction of the lower partlof the-apparatus, while Fig. 6 is a front elevation, and Fig. 7 a toplan view according to Figs. 3 and 4.

In ont lof a battery of ovens 1 are rails 2, on which runsa'car 3. Thecar ma be ploweror hand driven. The .car truc ame 2O carries pivotallymounted thereon a car body comprising a bin 15 which in turn carries agrating or screen 4; and by `means of suita ly adapted mechanism the carbody andthe grating can be tilted as a whole to right and left ontrunnions 5. The tilting mechanism here employed is shown in chain linesin Fig. 2. This mechanism comprises a reciprocating rod 30, pivotedofcenter at one end 31 to the bottom of the `grating 4, and attached atthe other end to the slide 32. This slide is adapted to ride in guide 33, and motion is imparted thereto through the link 34a-nd arm 35 drivenfrom shaft 36. ,This shaft Vmay be driven by worm 37 in mesh with a gear(not shown) on shaft 36,' which Worm in turn is driven by shaft 38,through beveled gear and pinion 39 and'motor 40. On the outside of thegrating or screen 4, hinged plates 6 are ar-v ranged, which can beraised and lowered. `Mounted onl the carbody and above said k,and 2 inseveral details.

4ovens 1 are rails 2, onwhich the car 3 can grating are spraying pipes7, which are in communication with a storage water tank 8 at the lowerpart of the car. By suitable means, provided on the car, the water canbe lifted from the tank 8 and pressed through the spraying pipes 7, evenwhen the grating or screen is being tilted by rocking the car body andbin. At the lower side 0f the grating 4 is a vfunnel or the like 9,which serves to conduct the small coke and excess water, etc., fallingthrough from the grating into a hopper 10. The hopper is provided at thebottom with a filter 11.

Referring to Figs. 3, 4, 6 and 7, the apparatus here illustrated differsfrom the one before described with reference to Figs. l lIn front of thebe propelled. In this construction there are two gratings or screens 4and 16 with different meshes, arranged one below the other, grating orscreen 4` having the greater meshes being arranged on the top, andgrating or screen 16 having the smaller meshes arranged below. Bothgratings or screens are rigidly connected to rockers 17, which rest onrollers 18 supported by the car frame or truck 20. One or more of theserollers are power operated and equipped with teeth, which engage withsimilar teeth on thev rockers 17. Grating 4 is provided on right andleft, and vgrating 16 on the right hand side only with hingedv plates 6,which can be raised and lowered. Above the ratings, spraying pipes 7 arearranged, w ich are supplied with water by a pump 21, communicating witha storage water tank 22. The spraying pipes 7, may as in this case be soarranged, that they take part in the rock; ing or tilting of the carbody and the screen mounted thereon, the connection with the watersupply pipe bein effected by means of a swivel joint, a tiexi le tube orthe like, or they ma be fixed to the car frame, independent o thegratings. Below thegratings a hopper 23 is arranged, at the bottom ofwhich is a flteri24.

Referring to Fig. 5, with the construction .ried on the car.

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tached longitu inal axis, ^tlii1s reducingfftofaminif muni the amount ofo'wer necessar .toopith a load o coke inA erate the apparatus. position,the centerof gravity of the mov ing parts and load taken together-isynot far from the gratings, and tlieforce necessaryfor .tilting the .carbody isthus relatively Such an arrangement has obvious advantages forthe purposes described, especially in large scale operations..

The action of the apparatus is as follows :-The grating is brought intohorizontal or slightly inclined position by-rocking the car body andbin, and one of-the hinged plates nearest to the ovens is lowered, toforni a connection with the oven' platform. The charge of one or moreovens is now pushed eon to the grating, and the pump or air compressorand thereby the spraying pipes are operated. As soon as the whole.charge is on lthe grating, the lowered hinge plate is raised, thetilting mechanism started and Athe grating brought into a continuoustilting motion to right and left, during which period .the quenchingdevice is kept in operation. The material .on the grating or screen isthus shullied to and fro and held in the body `of the car by the wallsof the bin. The quenching will be very effective and expeditious. Thefine coke and the excess water fall through the grating into the hopperbelow, from which the water flows through the filter back to the storageWater tank and is again used. The fine coke is removed from the filterfrom time to time. After quenching and screening the coke, either of thehinge plates of the bin is lowered and the grating tilted to that side,thus discharging the coke to either side as desired.

All operations of the apparatus can be started by the simple actuationof levers'or the like, arranged on the operators platform, so that theapparatus can be handled by a single man.

It will be evident that various changes may be made by those skilled inthe art which may come within the scope of my invention, and I do not,therefore, desire to be limited iii every instance to the exactconstructions herein shown and described.

I claim 1. An apparatus for screening or loading coke comprising a caradapted to travel along the discharge ends of coke ovens and having atruck, and a body comprising a bin pivotally mounted upon said truck andcarrying screening means, and mechanism for rocking said body and binand thus said screening means.

Q. An apparatus for screening or loading coke comprising a car adaptedto travel *along the discharge ends of coke ovens and havingl atruck,and a body comprising a binfpivotally mounted upon said truck and.carrying Screening means, and mechanism `for rocking said body and binand thus said screening means, said mechanism being carried 'by saidtruck. i

V3. An apparatus for screening or loading coke comprising a car adaptedto travel along the discharge ends of coke ovens and rovided with a bodyand a truck, the body iieing pivot-ally mounted on the truck andcarrying a screen, said truck carrying additional screening means -belowsaid screen landmechanism for rocking said body.

4. An apparatus for screening or loading `coke comprising a car adaptedto .travel along the discharge ends of coke ovens and provided with atruck, and a body comprising a bin and being tiltably mounted on saidtruck and carrying screening means, doors for said bin at either side ofsaid screening means for holding the coke thereon, and mechanism forrocking said body and bin.

v5. An apparatus for screening or loading coke comprising a car adaptedto travel along the discharge. ends of coke ovens and provided with atruck, a body comprising a bin and screening means connections bo tween.the body and the truck whereby said body is adapted to rock thereon,and means carried bthe car for rocking said body upon sai bin andconnect-ions, and thus said screening means.

6. An apparatus for screening or loading coke comprising a car adaptedto travel -along the discharge ends of coke ovens and provided with atruck, a body comprising a bin and screening means pivotal connectionsbetween the body and truck whereby said body is adapted to rock thereon,and means carried by the car for rocking said body upon said bin andpivotal connections, and thus said screening means.

7. An apparatus for screening or loading coke comprising a car adaptedto travel alon the discharge ends of coke ovens and provided withscreening means and a truck, said screening means connected to saidtruck in such a manner as to be rocked from side to side and mechanismcarried by Vthe car for rocking said screening means.

`8. An apparatus for screening or loading coke .comprising a car adaptedto travel along the discharge ends of coke ovens and provided with aplurality of screening means, and a truck, said screening means beingconnected to said truck in such a manner as to be rocked thereon fromside to side and differing in mesh from each other, and means forrocking said screening means simultaneously.

9. An apparatus for screening or loading coke comprising a car adaptedto travel llO along the discharge ends ot coke ovens and provided With atruck and screening means, connections between the truck land screeningmeans whereby the said screening means are adapted to rock thereon, areceptacle attached to the lower side of said screening means and havingan outlet at its lower end, and mechanism for rocking said screeningmeans and receptacle simultaneously.

l0. An apparatus for screening and loading coke, comprising a caradapted to travel along the discharge ends of coke ovens and providedWith a plurality of superimposed screening means and a truck, saidscreening means being connected to said truck in such a manner as to berocked thereon from side to side and differing in mesh from each other,the lowermost screening means being of finer mesh .than the upperscreening means, and mechanism for rocking said screening meanssimultaneously and for tilting the said screening means on the truck toeither side to dischargeV coke from dilerent screens into separatereceptacles.

'11. Apparatus for screening and loading coke comprising a movabletruck, a car body comprising abin pivotally mounted on said truck andcapable of being rocked about a substantially central longitudinal axisof said body, screening means mounted on' said body, and meansor'rocking the same.

Signed at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 'this 29th day of March, 1910, in thepresence of the subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM FEICKS. Witnesses:

WESTON H. Mmes, FRANK A. SULLIVAN. l

